A Serious Call to a Devout and Holy Life is the most well-known and influential of William Law's many Christian writings. It issues a passionate call for readers to live a life "governed by the spirit of devotion," but also offers down-to-earth practices for doing so, such as a regular method of daily prayer, and meditation on Christian virtues like humilit… Read more…

Enter ye in at the narrow gate.—Matthew 7:13
In Around the Wicket Gate, preacher, writer, and theologian C. H. Spurgeon discusses human salvation.
Borrowing from John Bunyan's masterful allegory The Pilgrim's Progress, Spurgeon begins with the image of the Wicket Gate, the entry point to the straight and narrow way that all pilgrims must follow to … Read more…

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Bible was derived from the Latin Vulgate Bible. It was first published in 1609 AD by the English college for the Catholic church. It was revised and diligently compared with the Latin Vulgate by Bishop Richard Challoner in 1749-1752 AD.
This version includes the seven deuterocanonical books.
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This translation of the Bible into Middle English is one of the oldest translations of the Bible into English. The translation was completed over a period of years between 1382-1395. Well known as a precursor to the Tyndale Bible and the King James Version, the Wycliffe Bible was very popular in its day. The English state and the Roman Catholic Church took… Read more…

William Tyndale's translation of the Bible into Early Modern English is a seminal work that has greatly impacted and shaped English translations of the Holy Scriptures. This influential translation is regarded as a major source for the King James Bible, the Geneva Bible and the Douay-Rheims Bible. The Tyndale Bible contains some of the best known phrases o… Read more…

Charles Wesley, the brother of John Wesley, helped found the Methodist denomination. He is most well known for the thousands of hymns he wrote, including some that are still well known today. Among those hymns that are still sung by Christians all over the world are "Hark! The Herald Angels Sing," "Christ the Lord is Risen Indeed," "Jesus, Lover of My Soul… Read more…

John Wesley's gift for preaching was the spark that ignited the Methodist movement in eighteenth-century England. In The Collected Sermons of John Wesley, his influential sermons are made available to modern readers in their original language.
Readers can experience impassioned messages on topics such as The Nature of Enthusiasm—and how any true expe… Read more…

In Come Ye Children, C.H. Spurgeon offers his advice on sharing the gospel with children and training them early in the things of God. It is filled with scriptural examples that demonstrate the importance of caring for those who are young in faith, and helping them develop their understanding of the gospel. As Spurgeon explains:
"To us all this messag… Read more…

Svenska Folkbibeln (Swedish People's Bible) is a contemporary translation of the Bible in Swedish. It was published in 1998.
The Old Testament is a revised version of the official Swedish Bible translation from 1917 (the 1917 Swedish Bible translation is also available from Olive Tree), while the New Testament is a completely new translation.
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George Mueller's Strategy for Showing God: Simplicity of Faith, Sacred Scripture and Satisfaction in God.
George Mueller's life began as a faithless and dissolute youth. It ended as one of the most remarkable men of God, who daily trusted God's provision for thousands of orphans, who never asked for money for himself or his work, who withstood the trial… Read more…

In 1917, the JPS published a definitive English translation of the Tanakh -- the books known as the Torah, Prophets (Nevi'im), and
Writings (Kethuvim). Although these books roughly correspond to the Christian "Old Testament," there are many differences in
translations. With its easy, flowing language, the JPS version is enjoyed by Jews and non-Jews al… Read more…